Tag Archives: Swift

I published a reusable framework, written in Swift, for implementing the Wizard UI design pattern, named Wizardry. It simplifies creating a user interface composed of multiple view controllers that enables the user to complete a task. This is a particularly important UI design pattern for mobile apps … Continue reading →

Here’s a helper method that might come in handy when working with a Swift dictionary. It finds every key mapped to a particular value. This is similar to the allKeysForObject(_:) method of NSDictionary, but it is generic so it can return … Continue reading →

If you work on an iOS or OS X app that uses Strings files to store localized display text, over time those files can accumulate entries that are no longer used. Perhaps a developer forgot to remove a resource string when refactoring … Continue reading →

This article reviews some very useful higher-order functions available in Swift’s standard library, by showing a simplified implementation of each function. Along the way, I’ll explain how all of the higher-order functions are based on a single loop. Let’s get higher Similar to how a rock … Continue reading →